Key Benefits
 | Flower color yellow to bronze |
| Good in dry soils |
| Small, rounded shrub to 7' |
Problem Solving Features
| Low moisture needs |
| Frost resistant |
| Salt and lime tolerant |
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Banksia ornata Desert Banksia |
One of the two species native to South Australia - the other is Banksia marginata. The flower color is a yellow green to yellow bronze color - spikes to 6" long x 4" diameter. This species is moderately frost hardy. Soil type should be well drained and dry. Tolerant of salt and lime type soils. Full sun for best flowering. Easily propagated by seed.
DO NOT FERTILIZE WITH PHOSPHOROUS FERTILIZERS!
| Temperature Rating | USDA Zone 9 |
| Type | Rounded shrub to 7' |
| Flower Color | yellow-green to yellow-bronze |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Placement | Sun |
| Culture | Light moisture |
| Native | South Australia |
| Family | Proteaceae |
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